Author Archives: GilPress

About GilPress

I'm Managing Partner at gPress, a marketing, publishing, research and education consultancy. Also a Senior Contributor forbes.com/sites/gilpress/. Previously, I held senior marketing and research management positions at NORC, DEC and EMC. Most recently, I was Senior Director, Thought Leadership Marketing at EMC, where I launched the Big Data conversation with the “How Much Information?” study (2000 with UC Berkeley) and the Digital Universe study (2007 with IDC). Twitter: @GilPress

AI Chips, Anyone? On Surging Markets and Spectacular Exits

Posted on December 20, 2019 by GilPress

March 11, 2019: Nvidia buys Mellanox for $6.9b The deal is the second largest ever acquisition in the Israeli high tech industry December 16, 2019: Intel Confirms $2 Billion Habana Labs Acquisition The deal marks Intel’s second-largest acquisition of an … Continue reading →

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99 Predictions About AI in 2020

Posted on December 19, 2019 by GilPress

“Q: How worried do you think we humans should be that machines will take our jobs? A: It depends what role machine intelligence will play. Machine intelligence in some cases will be useful for solving problems, such as translation. But … Continue reading →

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Las Vegas Most Cyber Insecure US Metro

Posted on December 17, 2019 by GilPress

Source: Cybersecurity in the City: Where Small Businesses Are Most Vulnerable to Attack

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Online Advertising Revenues Expected to Grow by $60 Billion between 2019 and 2024

Posted on December 16, 2019 by GilPress

You will find more infographics at Statista

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Aging and Automation

Posted on December 15, 2019 by GilPress

The “under-appreciated” workforce — experienced workers with long tenures at their companies, aged 50 and above — are estimated to have contributed $7.6 trillion to U.S. economic activity in 2015, set to jump to over $13.5 trillion by 2032, according … Continue reading →

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Extra! Extra! 42 Additional 2020 Cybersecurity Predictions

Posted on December 13, 2019 by GilPress

From disrupting elections to targeted ransomware to privacy regulations to deepfakes and malevolent AI, 141 cybersecurity predictions for 2020 did not exhaust the subject so here are additional 42 from senior cybersecurity executives. Read more here

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Robot Augmentation

Posted on December 12, 2019 by GilPress

You may have heard “AI” explained as “augmented intelligence,” i.e.., robots supporting or enhancing human intelligence. Now, researchers at Amazon are experimenting with robot augmentation: “…researchers at Amazon’s Alexa AI division developed a framework that endows agents with the ability … Continue reading →

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The Accelerating Complexity of AI Models

Posted on December 8, 2019 by GilPress

“The number of parameters in a neural network model is actually increasing on the order of 10x year on year. This is an exponential that I’ve never seen before and it’s something that is incredibly fast and outpaces basically every … Continue reading →

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The Digital Transformation of Recorded Music

Posted on December 5, 2019 by GilPress

Find more statistics at Statista Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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Cybersecurity 2020 Predictions

Posted on December 4, 2019 by GilPress

Read more here Serial cybersecurity entrepreneur Shlomo Kramer said in a 2005 interview that cybersecurity is “a bit like Alice in Wonderland” where you run as fast as you can only to stay in place. In 2020, to paraphrase the … Continue reading →

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